TheCollector
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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TheCollector
New Alphonse Mucha Museum to Open in Prague
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Flashbak
On The Streets of America in the Early 1980s : Relaxing WIth Cigarettes And No AC
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned...
9 months ago
‘These photographs were made between 1979 and 1985 in a pre-digital, largely non-air-conditioned era, when people fled the heat of their houses to hang out in their yards and on the street. I notice a kind of relaxed sensuality in many of the pictures. Time moved more slowly;...
TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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TheCollector
Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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TheCollector
Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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TheCollector
Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law
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TheCollector
How Did Romania Become a Country?
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TheCollector
Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa)...
8 months ago
This is the second part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa) look at the context between the Roman military system based on the manipular legion and the Hellenistic military system structured around the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the...
TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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TheCollector
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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TheCollector
The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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TheCollector
The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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History Today Feed
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
Flashbak
The World Turned Upside Down : Bizarro Illustrations From An 18th Century Chapbook
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon...
2 months ago
The World Turned Upside Down or The Folly of Man Exemplified in Twelve Comical Relations upon Uncommon Subjects is Illustrated with Twelve Curious Cuts Truly Adapted to Each Story. The witty woodcuts show various role reversals. A cow becomes a butcher and the butcher his meat. A...
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
8 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
Hundred Rabbits
Typhoons and mold
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For...
over a year ago
For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
j.hoare
Fri, 01/05/2024 - 09:39
TheCollector
Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Everything You Need to Know About the Tragedy
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TheCollector
Was the Spanish Influenza the First Global Pandemic in the Modern Era?
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Flashbak
Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
TheCollector
Who Is Hecate in Macbeth?
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TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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TheCollector
Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
9 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
TheCollector
Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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TheCollector
Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record
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8 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
TheCollector
Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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TheCollector
Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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TheCollector
What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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TheCollector
How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
a month ago
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
TheCollector
This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Myths and Metamorphoses
6 months ago
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
TheCollector
The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
7 months ago
Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
TheCollector
Bim-Bom: How a Soviet Clown Duo Defied the Soviets
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3 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
TheCollector
What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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9 months ago
TheCollector
When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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a year ago
TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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6 months ago
CrimethInc.
The Syrian Civil War Resumes : Perspectives on the Conflict from Western and Northeastern Syria
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power...
2 weeks ago
The Syrian civil war has remained largely frozen since 2020, owing to a precarious balance of power between various factions with various degrees of support from Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Over the past few days, however, taking advantage of the ways that Iran...
TheCollector
Michelangelo Scribble Sells For $200,000
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TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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TheCollector
Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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TheCollector
Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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TheCollector
Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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5 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Emperor Nero’s Reign End?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
TheCollector
The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI?
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a month ago
Classical Wisdom
Five Reasons Why Socrates Was A Terrible Husband
Should you meet your heroes?
7 months ago
Should you meet your heroes?
Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
a year ago
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
3 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
TheCollector
Sotheby’s to Auction Its First Robot-Made Artwork
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TheCollector
NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Papyrus Reveals Plato’s Final Hours
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TheCollector
New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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4 months ago
African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at...
3 weeks ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
TheCollector
Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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TheCollector
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition
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TheCollector
Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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TheCollector
When Was the Era of Japan’s Bakufu?
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TheCollector
The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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a year ago
Flashbak
Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
a year ago
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
TheCollector
10 Countries With the Best Second-Language English Proficiency to Relocate To
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TheCollector
What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Were the Strategic Objectives During the Battle of Narvik?
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2 weeks ago
Patterns in Humanity
Global crime
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
3 weeks ago
How do crime rates vary around the world? And how reliable is the data?
TheCollector
Who Was Canadian Artist Emily Carr?
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TheCollector
Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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11 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Didache?
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
9 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
TheCollector
Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
TheCollector
The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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TheCollector
What Is Capoeira?
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TheCollector
Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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TheCollector
Eris: Goddess of Strife and Discord in Greek Mythology
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TheCollector
Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2023
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, drew some new art(Mastodon), finalized a few translations(Mastodon), and released it the project on Itchio!
Thousand Rooms, translated the...
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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TheCollector
When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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TheCollector
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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a year ago
TheCollector
The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
TheCollector
Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
11 months ago
The Search for the Historical Buddha
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:39
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, added 100r logo to splash screen on the rom.
100r.co, added a new page: diy carbonation system. Updated Saving fuel, Engine rebuild and...
TheCollector
Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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TheCollector
Who Were the 4 Key Players of the Risorgimento?
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TheCollector
10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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TheCollector
The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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TheCollector
What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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a year ago
Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
10 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
TheCollector
Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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8 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
3 weeks ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
History Today Feed
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
10 months ago
Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/01/2024 - 09:58
Res Obscura
Centuries of Childhood
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories...
6 months ago
The history of childhood is one of multiplicity — so why do we tell parents such simplistic stories about it?
TheCollector
Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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a year ago
African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
a year ago
State and society on Africa's largest island.
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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a year ago
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
a year ago
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
TheCollector
What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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2 weeks ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
TheCollector
Margaret Fuller’s Dazzling Life: Interview with Dr. John T. Matteson
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TheCollector
How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
History Today Feed
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
a month ago
Fighting the Home Front’s ‘Enemy Within’
JamesHoare
Fri, 11/22/2024 - 08:57
TheCollector
Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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TheCollector
The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Stalingrad?
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TheCollector
How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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10 months ago
Flashbak
One Night At The Empire Roller Disco, Brooklyn NYC – February 1980
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown...
6 months ago
On assignment for Forbes magazine on a winter’s night in 1980, Patrick D. Pagnano’s was in Crown Heights to see the skaters at Brooklyn’s Empire Roller Disco. Formerly the Empire Rollerdrome (built 1941), the rink was now all disco. It was where Cher hosted the release party for...
History Today Feed
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
TheCollector
Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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TheCollector
10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Returns!
11 months ago
The Essential Greeks Returns!
TheCollector
Non-alignment: A Third Foreign Policy Option During the Cold War?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
No End Of A Lesson.
If we can only learn it.
2 months ago
TheCollector
What Can History and Archaeology Tell Us About the Druids?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
10 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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TheCollector
When Did the Korean War Start?
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5 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
11 months ago
So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
TheCollector
Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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TheCollector
What 5 Simple Stoic Practices Can You Integrate in Your Life?
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TheCollector
Phoolan Devi, Bandit Queen of India
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
TheCollector
Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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TheCollector
What is the Relationship Between Politics and Art? 3 Answers
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TheCollector
What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
a year ago
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
TheCollector
What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Classical Wisdom
Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
TheCollector
Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Socrates' Wayward Student
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
a year ago
...and the Philosophy of Pleasure
Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
10 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
Flashbak
When Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freaks And Poddy Ruled The World!
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground...
5 months ago
Gilbert Shelton (born May 31, 1940) is an American cartoonist and a key member of the underground comix movement. He is the creator of the characters The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, and a co-founder of Rip Off Press in San Francisco in 1969. Shelton...
TheCollector
Expressionists Exhibition to Open This Week at Tate Modern
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TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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TheCollector
7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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TheCollector
Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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3 months ago
Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
2 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
TheCollector
What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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TheCollector
Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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TheCollector
Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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3 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
10 months ago
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August)...
over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
a month ago
Liberalism dies in darkness
Flashbak
London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
2 months ago
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The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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‘The Green Ages’ by Annette Kehnel review
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
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What Are Emblemata in Art and Literature?
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Hundred Rabbits
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We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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‘Crimean Quagmire’ by Gregory Carleton review
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Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
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British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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Why Is Socrates’s Death Still Discussed?
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
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Victory in war requires a bit of thought.
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